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An Inkster police officer shot and killed a homicide suspect Thursday after the man opened fire on officers, according to a Michigan State Police spokesman.

Officers were responding to a 5 p.m. call about a homicide on Frederick Court when they encountered a man who matched the suspect's description about a block away near Colgate and Wellington, State Police First Lt. Mike Shaw said.

"The officer attempted to make contact with that individual to identify him," Shaw said. "The individual pulled out a weapon, fired shots at law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, striking and killing the suspect."

No one else was injured. Police recovered the man's handgun, Shaw said.

Shaw did not release the names or ages of the man who was killed by police or the homicide victim, who was also male.

As authorities investigated both scenes late Thursday, State Police detectives were interviewing the officer who pulled the trigger.

Troopers are in Inkster as part of the Secure Cities Partnership, a program in which the State Police works alongside local law enforcement in certain cities, providing things like added investigative resources.

After the shooting, people who believed the man was unarmed threatened police.

"We did receive some threats against law enforcement, both to our 911 center in Detroit and also to the Inkster Police Department, feeling that this was an unarmed individual that was shot by law enforcement, which is (as) far, far from the truth as it could possibly be," Shaw said.